The Irish Times

Michael Walker: How Ian St John helped turn Liverpool all red

The Scottish striker changed Liverpool and of how many can that be said?

Sat Mar 13 2021 - 08:00

Six Nations: Italy need Paolo Garbisi to be Dominguez and Baggio rolled into one

20-year-old represents Azzurri’s best chance of ending their Championship drought

Tue Feb 02 2021 - 06:00

Italia 90: Why does it get such a bad rap?

Q&A: There may not have been many goals but dramatic moments were in abundance

Sat Jun 20 2020 - 09:30

Penalty pantomime time with ‘The Hand of Cod’ and Aladdin

Messi and Cueva the villains of the day as Argentina and Peru rue spotkick misses

Sun Jun 17 2018 - 19:53

Ciarán Murphy: Gaelic games need the shame of penalty shoot-outs

Kicking 45s to decide a game is too honourable, we need the human fallibility of spot-kicks

Wed Jan 24 2018 - 16:25

Andrea Pirlo: The effortlessly cool Italian who proved God exists

The 38-year-old transcended from domestic darling to global brand during his career

Tue Nov 07 2017 - 20:41

Gianluigi Buffon still relishes being centre of the storm

Legendary Italian goalkeeper will play his 1,000th senior match when Albania visit

Thu Mar 23 2017 - 23:00

The young activists in Hong Kong’s fight for self-determination

Local elections seen as first sign of shift to younger democracy activists from the veterans

Tue Sept 20 2016 - 01:00

Italy v Spain: A blood stained rivalry that may spill over

After period of ascendancy over Azzurri, Spain fear return of old order in Euros clash

Mon Jun 27 2016 - 09:58

Craig Brown says ‘granny rule’ should be scrapped

Ex-Scotland manager believes it’s time to change international game’s eligibility rules

Tue Jun 09 2015 - 01:01

Maradona meets Pope before return to action in Italy

Man who inspired Argentina’s 1986 World Cup win meets countryman before ‘Match Of Peace’

Mon Sept 01 2014 - 17:36

Nigeria - Team Profile

They first qualified for the World Cup finals in 1994, and made a heckuva an impact

Thu Jun 05 2014 - 18:06